“David Maisel aerial photographs of environmentally impacted zones frame the issues of contemporary landscape with equal measures documentation and metaphor, beauty and despair.” (via)
David Maisel/Black Maps: American Landscape and the Apocalyptic Sublime is currently on exhibit at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art through September 1, 2013.
David Maisel, The Lake Project 15, 2002. Courtesy of the artist and Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA ©David Maisel
David Maisel, American Mine (Carlin NV 2), 2007. Courtesy of the artist and Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA. ©David Maisel
David Maisel, The Lake Project 16. ©David Maisel
A companion book to the exhibition is also available:
More on David Maisel via his website here.
More on the exhibition here.